[She hadn't come expecting to drink but-- well, with the opportunity, it's not a bad idea. Just one. Enough to help calm her nerves but not mess up her thinking.]

...well... I don't know if I'd call it diplomatic experience, but... when the civil war broke out, I was the acting captain of the Courageous. We acted as a third party, separated from either side of the conflict. That experience... it feels kind of similar, now.